Housing Assistance: An Inventory of Fiscal Year 2010 Programs, Tax Expenditures, and Other Activities

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program

Administering Agency/Entity

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Short Description

Provides housing assistance payments to participating owners on behalf of eligible tenants to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing for very low-income families at rents they can afford in privately owned, rehabilitated buildings. Funding is no longer available for new commitments beyond renewing expiring contracts.

Primary Purpose

Assistance for rental property owners

Type of Housing Supported

Rental Housing

Type of Assistance

Direct payment

Fiscal Year 2010 Obligations

Included in obligations for Project-Based Rental Assistance, which were $8,764,224,000.